Made to accompany a Report on the Improvement of that Stream for the navigation of it by Steam Boats; in obedience to a Resolution of Congress dated April 26, 1834 by Howard Stansbury, U.S. Assist. Civ Eng.; Taken from Matthew Rhea Map of Tennessee...

Slave bill of sale for a girl named Maria. Maria was sold to Thomas Swafford Jr. for $450 by Daniel F. Cocke. Maria is sold with the purpose of being "a slave for life" and is described as being 11 years old, "sound, healthy," and "sensible." A....

A 1912 color soil map of Putnam County (Tenn.) surveyed by C. S. Waldrop. In addition to soil types by color, this detailed map shows house structures, county boundary lines and sections of the Tennessee Central Railroad and names towns, streams,...

Issued from Confederate headquarters in Jackson, Tenn. by Capt. Newsome, orders a "cessation of hostilities against the forces of the US" and to "prevent all robbing and unlawful proceedings" and "inflict severe punishment upon all who may be...

Audio files of Wilson County resident Dick Huddleston's oral history recorded as part of the Tennessee State Parks Folklife Project. Huddleston, a Cedars of Lebanon 39-year park employee, farmer, and resident of the area, describes many farms and...

Copy photograph of Maj. Gen. Lew Wallace, USA. Excoriated for his dilatory role at Shiloh, Wallace was stationed in Union Depot, now Bartlett, Tenn., later in the Civil War. Courtesy of the Bartlett Historical Society.